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Indian Balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

62,045Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
122Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan70
Feb84
Mar558
Apr2,244
May3,978
Jun6,297
Jul11,465
Aug14,360
Sep13,984
Oct5,922
Nov983
Dec383

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales2,492
2North Yorkshire England2,352
3Nottinghamshire England2,024
4Gwynedd Wales1,917
5Cumbria England1,591
6Worcestershire England1,429
7Devon England1,235
8Dorset England1,222
9Kent England1,061
10Surrey England1,052
11Leeds England932
12Gloucestershire England908
13Suffolk England764
14Essex England741
15Norfolk England708
43,800 England1,671 Scotland10,538 Wales840 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
62,045
Peak month
August
Counties with records
122
Scientific name
Impatiens glandulifera
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
85,344
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Balsaminaceae
Genus
Impatiens
Name with authority
Impatiens glandulifera Royle
Contributing datasets
68

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158035 · GBIF 2891770